CHO OYU EXPEDITION

Cho Oyu stands high above the Tibetan plains on the Nepal / Tibet border, and is an ideal choice for mountaineers ready to test themselves on the eight thousanders. The world's sixth highest mountain, is to the locals a holy mountain. It was first climbed by S. Moechler, H. Tichy and p. Dawa Lama in 1954. On a good day the view from the summit plateau is breathtaking, in a sweep you take in the entire panorama of Everest, Lhotse, Nuptse, Chamlang, Ama Dablam and other peaks of the Khumbu.

The Austrians were the first to step onto the snow-dome summit of Cho Oyu back in 1954. This massif is arguably the most technically straightforward, accessible and safe to climb. These days there are more than four different routes on Cho Oyu with the Tibetan north side offering several worthy first ascent possibilities.

We enter Tibet via Zhangmu and then drive to Old Tingri, from where the trekking begins. Base Camp, Chinese, is situated at an altitude of 5000m with the Advanced base camp at 5700m and about three miles away from the mountain proper.

Base camp is established at Rongbuk glacier at 5180m though the real climbing starts at camp 1 at an elevation of 7000m.

ITINERARY

Best Season: Aug 31 - Oct 7

Day 1: Drive to Zhangmu from Kathmandu
Day 2: Zhangmu to Nylam
Day 3: Rest Day at Nylam (High Acclimatization Day)
Day 4: Nylam to Thingri
Day 5: Rest Day at Thingri (High Acclimatization Day)
Day 6: Thingri to Base Camp
Day 7: Rest Day at Base Camp (High Acclimatization Day)
Day 8: Again Rest Day at Base Camp
Day 9: Rest at Base Camp
Day 10: Base Camp to Palaom
Day 11: Rest at Palaom( High acclimatization)
Day 12: Palaom to ABC
Day 13: Rest at ABC
Day 14: Rest at ABC
Day 15: Rest at ABC
Day 16: Rest at ABC
Day 17: ABC to C1 and back ABC
Day 18: ABC( rest)
Day 19: ABC( rest)
Day 20: ABC( rest)
Day 21: ABC to C1
Day 22: C1 to C2
Day 23: C2 to C3
Day 24: C3 to Summit and back C2
Day 25: C2 to ABC
Day 26: ABC to Nelam
Day 27: Nelam to Kathmandu.